Finally, after many edits and a long search for a yellow, I have finished clue #1! My quilt will represent 'an evening at the Grand Hotel', as I ended up with a gold, and the evening photos of the hotel show the awnings looking a darker gold.
That is #1, #2, and #3 now complete. I am going to have some fun with clue #4. I plan to use my darkest, brightest and lightest pink and blue HST units, which didn't work well in the block, plus all the yellows I auditioned and rejected (there are about 30 of them, lol), and some gray neutrals that I was uncertain about mixing with my whites in the other clues. Onward!